The biggest snapshot of science engagement in Australia
Who, what, where, when, why and how do we communicate science in Australia? And what do we think our success rate is? The ASC is part of a team to find out the answers. The Inspiring Australia program...
View ArticleIt’s alive! Survey of science engagement activities is now online
We’re now ready to take the snapshot of Australia’s science engagement activities so say cheese! The national survey is live online. If you are involved in science engagement activities fill out the...
View ArticleTime is running out!
For those of you who need a reminder, time is running out to add your science engagement activities to the national survey. We want to get a good snapshot of the diversity of activity in Australia and...
View ArticleScience engagement survey extended to 29 July 2012
The national on-line survey of science engagement activities been extended to 29 July. Project leader Jenni Metcalfe reports we have had more than 220 entries of Australian science engagement...
View ArticleThe rise of the MOOC
Thanks to Brigid Mullane for her review of MOOCs. MOOCs or Massive Open Online Courses, are free courses from major universities around the world, available on the internet through platforms such as...
View ArticleASC changed my life…
That’s right! We’ve heard some whispers that the ASC community has changed some people’s lives. This grassroots organisation that started back in 1994… Who’d have thunk it back in that inaugural...
View ArticleA year in review: Scope 2013
Thanks to Victoria Leitch for the Scope ‘year in review.’ I might be a little biased, but I think we have had a great year with the ASC newsletter – Scope! As current editor, I can proudly say that in...
View ArticleTelling a science story: Industry and science engagement
Thank you to Julia Martin for preparing this piece. Metaphor, visualisation and allegory are hardly the terms you’d expect business people to use when talking about science. But according to the...
View Article#ASC14 Are we asking the wrong question of the ‘disengaged’?
An early morning Conversation article from ASC President Joan Leach and University of Queensland Research Fellow Fabien Medvecky is giving us something to think about as we embark on the Australian...
View ArticleEvent review: PCST conference—Brazil inspires science communicators
Thank you to Christine Ross for sharing her experience at the PCST conerefence. The first PCST conference to be held in Latin America focused on science communication for social inclusion and political...
View ArticlePresident’s update
Thank you to Joan Leach for the President’s update. Did you survive (and thrive) during National Science Week? I feel that I’ve just recovered—a week later—from National Science Week. It was a rather...
View ArticlePresident’s update
Thank you to Joan Leach for the President’s update. Controversial science I’m writing this with my leg in a compression bandage covered in ice with a grade 2 tear in my medial gastrocnemius. I’m told...
View ArticleInspiring Australia update – Evaluation
Thank you to Nancy Longnecker for the update. As many ASC members know, the government’s Inspiring Australia program provided funding aimed at building the evidence base that underpin science...
View ArticleASC Reflection – SCINEMA 2016
Julia Cleghorn, ASC Victoria committee member and movie lover reflected on attending SCINEMA this year: On a chilly Saturday afternoon in Melbourne, ASC-Vic members joined a relaxed bunch of...
View ArticleSilos or ecosystems? Reflections on ASC2018
Lizzie Crouch, David Robertson and Djuke Veldhuis of Monash University attended the 10th annual Australian Science Communicators conference (ASC2018) in Sydney in November 2018. Here, they jointly...
View ArticleThe Missing Link for STEMM Diversity
Building bridges and dissolving boundaries in STEMM – Dr Astha Singh and Akanksha Tiwary With a quarter of its population born overseas, Australia is culturally and linguistically diverse. Inclusion...
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